Smriti heads to Amethi

January 04, 2019 10:32

Union textiles minister Smriti Irani tweets this picture with her colleague and party leader Sambit Patra: Both headed in same direction #ModiOnceMore @BJP4UP.

Ahead of the general elections, the Union Minister will be in Amethi today. Congress president Rahul Gandhi was supposed to be in Amethi as well, but has cancelled his visit over the Rafale debate in Parliament.

The two leaders had contested against each other in the last general elections but the BJP couldn't manage to win from Amethi or the Gandhi burrough despite the Modi wave.

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